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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert N. Redmond, Smyrna, GA (US);

Florian Pinel, New York, NY (US);

Donna K. Byron, Petersham, MA (US);

Will Spann, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G10L 13/043 (2013.01); G10L 15/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for supporting combinations of intents in a conversation service. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method provides a conversation service using a set of conversation trees. Each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees comprises a list of intents that define how to answer to a certain type of user input. The computer-implemented method creates an intent graph using the list of intents of each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees. The computer-implemented method adds composite intents to the set of conversation trees using the intent graph to generate a set of updated conversation trees. The computer-implemented method configures the conversation service to use the set of updated conversation trees that comprises composite intents for supporting combinations of intents.


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